Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving like his is helping the growth of off-road riding . |
| 2 | 'E 's worryin' the life out of 'is muvver . |
| 3 | When 'e 's backed the lorry in the yard we close the gates like I said . |
| 4 | Secure on her own ground ( she 's locked the door from the inside and pocketed the key ) , Anya cuts the cords binding Riva 's wrists and ankles , and slips the gun back into a gangsterish shoulder-holster straight out of a B-movie props department . |
| 5 | And she 's getting the nurses up . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's getting the best attention money can buy . |
| 7 | I mean basically , I mean I do n't know where she 's getting the money from , the wife , but she 's putting savings away every year for about two to three grand . |
| 8 | She 's getting the boot . |
| 9 | She says she ca n't understand why she 's getting the treatment she 's getting from her . |
| 10 | And she 's getting the nurses up . |
| 11 | Cos I mean , he 's starting to make a beeline for Carol now and she 's getting the creeps about it . |
| 12 | She 's calling the girl 's mum a prostitute . |
| 13 | Mrs Peel , however , saw things differently , saying of the head , ‘ She seemed to be assessing me rather than John … it 's like she 's shifting the blame on to me … she used to speak to me like I was a really bad mother . |
| 14 | The fact that the other child cries and you shout at her lets her know that it was naughty — and may stop her doing it again if you 're lucky — but it does n't mean she understands the pain she 's caused the other child . |
| 15 | Rosemary Shergold is waging a constant battle against the tobacco companies , and she 's enlisted the help of Oxford East MP Andrew Smith . |
| 16 | ‘ To make sure she 's accepted the pension — and the conditions . |
| 17 | Cavell says you 've been invited to the awards ceremony , and she 's asked the organisers to seat us together . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't care if she 's called the Quacking Duck just as long as she 's steady , ’ Charlotte replied . |
| 19 | She 's zapping the zapping the television . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's phoning the AA , ’ said the peroxide blonde . |
| 21 | She 's kept the upper floor , turned it into a very nice flat for herself , and I — you also if you agree — could live downstairs . |
| 22 | And she says , tell you , she 's counting the calories for that bit of cake ! |
| 23 | Half an hour later she 's unloading the car outside the studio — that 's her job too . |
| 24 | Her dress is princess-line and Edwardian looking in style , and she 's wearing the most gorgeous hat too . |
| 25 | She 's silent for a while , then says , ‘ The other day ’ — she 's soaping the front of my legs now , from behind — ‘ when you had to sit through Eldorado in that really uncomfortable position ; you enjoyed that , did n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | You 'll see that she 's clutching the bamboo handle of her bag . |
| 27 | ‘ She 's joined the Air Force ? ’ |
| 28 | But for the past year she 's faced the very real possibility of losing the Inn that 's been her life because Whitbreads decided to sell it off along with other pubs to meet the demands of the Monopolies Commission , which had demanded it must get rid of half its tied houses . |
| 29 | Accident prevention officer PC Ken Bland said : ‘ She 's a lovely woman , but she 's breaking the law . ’ |
| 30 | After they saw the pig — a pot-bellied Vietnamese — on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law by the way she looks after it at home . |